RLC News Articles

Bids sought for welding machinesGranted permission to advertise, ratify and award a bid for 14 welding machines as part of the Welding lab renovation at an approximate cost of $33,600. The purchase is necessary to meet the needs for training for Bechtel Construction Co. as wall as improving 14 welding booths in the existing lab in the Advanced Technology Center. The equipment will be purchased with grant funds.

Long-time professor Schuessler retiringAccepted with regret the retirement resignation of David Schuessler effective Jan. 12, 2009. "For nearly 20 years I have had the professional pleasure of serving Rend Lake College and its community as both a computer science and music professor while enjoying the warm and friendly atmosphere of the college's staff and students," Schuessler wrote in his retirement letter. Schuessler has been with RLC full-time since August 1990.

ADN Instructor Lord moving onAccepted with regret the resignation of Associate Degree Nursing Instructor Cindy Lord effective Dec. 26, 2008. "Thank you for the support and the opportunities that you have provided me during my employment," Lord wrote in her resignation letter.

In other business, the board ... • Approved several courses and changes to two programs and authorized their submission to the Illinois Community College Board for action.